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RULES AND CONDITIONS 2005 AWARD

1.

 These Rules and Conditions are the rules and conditions of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for the year 2005 issued by the Board of Management of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Trust pursuant to paragraph 2 of the Second Schedule to the Declaration of Trust dated 1st October 1995 founding the Trust.

2.

The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in the amount €100,000 will be presented in the year 2005 for a novel of high literary merit written in the English language, or written in any other language and published in English translation. The Award will be awarded in full to the author of the winning novel where that novel is written and published in the English language. If the winning novel is written in a language other than English but published in English translation the Award shall be awarded as to €75,000 thereof to the author and €25,000 thereof to the translator.

3.

In order to be eligible for consideration a novel must have been:

a) first published in English between 1st January 2003 and 31st December 2003, both dates inclusive, or

b) first published in a language other than English between 1st January 1999 and 31st December 2003 and first published in English translation between 1st January 2003 and 31st December 2003 (all dates inclusive).

Books nominated and eligible in previous years are NOT eligible for this year.

4.

 A preliminary selection process will be carried out by the Municipal Public Library System of Cities world-wide, or library systems recognised for that purpose by the Board of Management, when nominating novels to the Board of Management. Such nominations must be made on the official form and validated by the Chief Librarian of the nominating Library. The nominated title and imprint specified by the nominating librarian on the official nomination form shall be the only eligible title and imprint considered for the selection process and for review by the Judging Panel for the purposes of the Award.

5.

 The Board of Management shall notify the relevant publishers of books which have been selected arising from the preliminary selection process and it shall then be the responsibility of the relevant publishers to deliver twelve copies of each nominated title to the Dublin address to arrive there in good time, and no later than 20th August 2004. Where a title written in a language other than English has been submitted, three copies of the title in the language of origin may be requested of the same or original publishers.

6.

 The Board of Management and the Trustees accept no responsibility for books which are lost, stolen, otherwise mislaid or not received at latest on 20th August 2004, nor shall any extension of time after 20th August 2004 be granted to facilitate the late entry for the Award of books so lost, stolen or otherwise mislaid.

7.

 The delivery of a book in pursuance of rule 5 shall be construed as an entry of the book in question for the Award and the complete acceptance of the provisions of these Rules and Conditions by the publisher, the author, and, where appropriate, the translator of the nominated book.

8.

 The delivery of a book pursuant to rule 5 shall be taken as confirmation by the publisher in question that the consent of the author has been obtained for the entry of the book for the Award.

9.

 Each publisher of a book entered for the Award shall be required to arrange for the presence at the prize-giving ceremony in Dublin in 2005 of the author and, if appropriate, the translator of a book which is short-listed by the Judges pursuant to rule 10 below.

10.

 From the books validly entered for the Award as aforesaid the Judges shall first choose a shortlist from which they shall ultimately choose one book as the winning book.

11.

 Canvassing in any manner either before or after the entry of any book for the Award will render the said book ineligible for the Award.

12.

A book shall not be rendered ineligible by reason of having been nominated or shortlisted for, or having won any other award or prize.

13.

For the avoidance of doubt, a reprint of a book shall not be eligible unless the book was originally published within the period referred to in rule 3.

14.

Copies of nominated books when received shall become the property of the Board of Management and shall not be returned to the relevant publishers or authors.

15.

Books or manuscripts which have not been nominated or solicited shall not be eligible for entry for the Award and shall not be returned to the persons who have provided them.

16.

A book shall not be eligible for entry for the Award if the author or translator thereof is any of the following:

  1. a member of the Board of Management
  2. a member of the staff of Dublin City Council
  3. an officer or employee of or consultant to any IMPAC entity
  4. an officer or employee of IMPAC Ltd.
  5. a member of the Judging Panel.
  6. a parent, spouse or child of any of the foregoing.

17.

A publisher of a book entered for the Award shall be required as a condition of entry to obtain the agreement of the author in the event that he/she is the winning author to make himself/herself available on at least four occasions during the twelve months following the date of presentation to him/her of the Award at events arranged by the Board of Management for the purpose of promoting the awareness of the Award, his/her book and/or the appreciation of literature.

18.

A publisher of a book entered for the Award shall be required to obtain the agreement of the author for the attendance of the author at the presentation of the Award in the next year following the year in which he/she has been the winning author.

19.

The decision of the Board of Management as to eligibility of any book shall be final and no correspondence shall be entered into in relation to eligibility.

20.

The decision of the Judges as to the winning books shall be final and conclusive and no correspondence shall be entered into concerning the judging process with publishers, authors, translators or any agents acting on behalf of the aforesaid persons.

21.

The Board of Management may at any time and without notice alter the Rules and Conditions governing the Award or defer or discontinue it.

 

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